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18.07.2024
German startups saw a positive development compared to the same period last year.
25.01.2024
German startups raise just EUR 6 billion in investment capital in 2023, a decline of 39 percent compared to 2022 and 65 percent compared to 2021.
04.08.2023
Significant setback for the German startup scene: Compared to the first half of 2022, the total volume of investments was halved to €3.1 billion in the first six months of this…
12.01.2023
Despite market uncertainties and 43 percent less venture capital investments in 2022, the German startup industry recorded its second strongest full-year result. In addition, the…
29.07.2022
Despite the market uncertainties, investments in German startups remain at a high level: The total value of investments in German startups decreased by 20% in the first six months…
23.03.2022
2021 was the year of the Unicorns - the number of German startups with a billion-dollar valuation quadrupled from six to 24 within one year. The interest in the German Tech…
14.01.2022
Never before has so much money flowed into German startups as in 2021. The total value of all investments in German startups has more than tripled - an increase of 229% to €17.4…
20.07.2021
German startups received more fresh capital in the first half of the year than ever before: A total of EUR 7.6 billion flowed into German startups - more than three times as much…
15.03.2021
German Tech startups defy the Corona pandemic and continue to collect high levels of funding in 2020. To find out the highly funded startups, and more details on the investor…
14.01.2021
Across Germany, the number of financing rounds in 2020 again increased significantly compared to the previous year: by 39 deals or around 6 percent to a total of 743 deals.
14.07.2020
Despite the corona crisis, more German startups received fresh capital in the first half of this year than in the same period last year: The number of financing rounds rose by 8…
14.04.2020
After a financing record last year, a massive drop in startup financing is now expected due to the current corona crisis. In 2019, the total value of startup financing rose by 46…
27.02.2020
Digital transformation of traditional industry sectors is unstoppable: German Tech startups are rising to become new market leaders. Further insights can be found in our new…
14.01.2020
The financing boom in the German startup segment continues: Young companies were able to raise more fresh capital in 2019 than ever before. In total, they received EUR 6.2…
17.12.2019
More unicorn companies are choosing IPOs. Why? Why now? And what should they be doing to prepare?
22.10.2019
Financing of European startups at record level - Paris bypasses Berlin. In the first half of the year, European startup companies received more money than ever before.